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IR’s Role in Addressing Racism and Supporting Social Justice
With the start of the new decade, we have seen numerous significant events, including a pandemic that has massively impacted our institutions and has the potential to fundamentally transform the nature of education and w...Read Moreabout: IR’s Role in Addressing Racism and Supporting Social Justice -
Call for Papers: Innovative Higher Education
Innovative Higher Education (IHE) features work on the effect of such innovations on teaching and student learning. Multidisciplinary in scope and approach, IHE publishes diverse forms of scholarship and research ...Read Moreabout: Call for Papers: Innovative Higher Education -
Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor
While I primarily use Microsoft Excel’s Power Query Editor to put together a complicated table or report in a short period of time, I’ve learned that you can also use it to explore any data set. Here are the ...Read Moreabout: Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor -
Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals
The Chilean Ministry of Education, through the Sub-secretariat for Higher Education, has instructed the universities to set up public access portals for applicants as a way to improve transparency in information and the ...Read Moreabout: Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals -
Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships
From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that most IR offices in U.S. postsecondary institutions report to either the President/Chief Executive Officer or the Provost/Chief Academic Officer; the remain...Read Moreabout: Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships -
COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR
Concerns about returning to in-person instruction and campus life in fall 2020 in light of COVID-19 remain at the forefront of higher education news. The conversations, planning, strategizing, contingency modeling, and d...Read Moreabout: COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR -
Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19
Reports & Tools Spring 2020 Current Term Enrollment Estimates: A COVID-19 Supplement How are students responding to the campus shutdowns and online-only classes amid COVID-19? Which students and which institutions ar...Read Moreabout: Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19 -
IR is a Critical Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work
Ellen had the opportunity to speak with Michael Benitez, Jr., Vice President for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Metropolitan State University, Denver. Over the past two decades, Benitez has served higher educat...Read Moreabout: IR is a Critical Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work -
Educating Our IR Offices on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Dear Suzanne: How can we better educate our IR offices on diversity, equity, and inclusion? This is a very important and timely topic. When thinking about this question for our institutional research colleagues, I decid...Read Moreabout: Educating Our IR Offices on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -
Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance
In this installment on data governance, we discuss what it takes to build a collaborative data governance culture and why it is beneficial to the overall organization to help move its mission forward. To begin to d...Read Moreabout: Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance